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Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser

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(Verso) lower right, in pencil: "MAB".

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Photographs

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Photographs

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Print

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2000.75.10

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Manuel Alvarez Bravo made this portrait of Rufino Tamayo's delicate hands to symbolize individuality within the larger fields of society and art. Tamayo, a mural painter, saw Alvarez Bravo's work in a 1928 exhibition. It was the first time Alvarez Bravo exhibited his photographs. Interested in reactions, he stood nearby hoping to eavesdrop on a conversation. Two people stood talking, then approached Alvarez Bravo. One of the individuals was Tamayo. He was the first artist to respond to Alvarez Bravo's work, and the two shared a close friendship from that moment forward.

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